Elastic cord.



F. H. FRISSELL.

ELASTIC CORD.

APPLICATION FILED 512F127, 1912.

Patented J an. 14, 1913.

m WWW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FRANK I-I. FRISSELL, 0F MIDDLETOWN,CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE RUSSELL MFG. (30., OF MIDDLETOWN,CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

ELASTIC CORD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. FRIssELL, a citizen of the United Statesresiding at Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in ElasticCords; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference markedthereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, andwhich said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent,in

Figure 1 a view in side elevation of a portion of my improved elasticcord. Fig. 2 a view in cross-section on an enlarged scale.

My invention relates to an improved elastic cord, the object being toproduce, at a low cost for manufacture, elastic cord constructed withparticular reference to being. sewed in place with a minimum of injury,and to the protection of its rubber strands from the air so as to securethe maximum life for the cord.

With these ends in view, my invention resides in an elastic cordconsisting of a tubular core of woven, narrow elastic fabric and abraided cover therefor.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown, I take what is commonlyknown to the trade as narrow elastic fabric which consists of strands 2of rubber embedded in a woven cover 3 which incloses the respectivestrands of rubber so as to individually protect them from the air and soas to prevent them from creeping unduly in case they are severed. Thisnarrow elastic fabric which is woven flat, is formed into a tube andcovered in an ordinary braiding Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 27, 1912.

- two qualities.

Patented Jan. 14, 1913.

Serial No. 722,566.

machine with a braided cover 4. The article thus produced has theoutward appearance of round elastic cord such as is to be found on themarket, but is difi'erent therefrom in so far as the elastic strands 2instead of being arranged in direct contact with each other in a bundleor cable within the braided cover 4, are individually embedded andisolated in a woven fabric 3 in which they are protected from the air,whereby their life is prolonged, and in which they are so bound that ifsevered the severed ends will not unduly creep. Furthermore my improvedelastic cord combines bulkiness with lightness, it being desirable inmost uses of elastic cords to unite these On account of the embedding ofthe rubber strands 2 in a woven fabric 8, my improved elastic cord maybe fastened in place by stitching with the minimum impairment of it,since if the needle does pierce some of the rubber strands, the same areso bound and held by the woven fabric 3, in which they are embedded,that the creeping of the severed ends amounts to so little as not toappreciably impair the elastic qualities of the cord.

I claim As a new article of manufacture, an elastic cord consisting of atubular core of woven, narrow elastic fabric, and a braided covertherefor. I

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subs scribing witnesses.

FRANK H. FRISSELL.

WVitnesses:

RICHARD C. FAGAN, HENRY W. HUBBARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

